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Humans
Law → system of rules which a particular country or community creates in order to regulate the actions of natural or legal persons, and
which can be enforced by means of imposing penalties for non-compliance
Sources of law
Jurisdiction
System of rules Particular country or community
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Law
Legal rules → legal provisions that are found in statutes or acts (GDPR, EU Database Directive)
Legal principles (norms) → core beliefs that guide the interpretation application of legal rules
Legal policy → objectives that guide the creation of legal rules
Legal domains
Public law Private law
Legal relationships between govt & individuals/entities Legal relationships between individuals/entities
• Constitutional law → fundamental rules & principles • Property law → movable & immovable goods
• Administrative law → actions/decisions of govt. agencies • Contract law → legally binding agreements
• Criminal law → offenses against society • Family law → family relationships
Sources of law
Primary sources
Primary law
Constitution → highest law of state ~ Autorative
~ Binding
Secondary law
• Legislation → acts passed by parliament containing legal rules
• case law → interpretation and application of the legal rules by judges
Secondary sources
X Autorative
• Scholar papers that command on and critique law X Binding
• Blog articles
, Jurisdiction → the power to create legal rules and adjudicate legal disputes within a specific geographic theory
Natural jurisdiction → limited to the territory within the borders of a state
Legal effects
Legal rights Legal obligations
A claim or entitlement that a natural/legal person posseses which is protected by law A legal duty imputed on a natural/legal person to perform or to not perform a specific act
(e.g. copyright) (e.g. contract)
For a legal contract to be binding there
Legal consequences are binding must be an intention to create legal
• In rem → on all persons relations, offer, acceptance,
• In personam → binding on parties on the contract consideration and capacity
Legal consequences are enforceable → if persons bound by legal consequences do not comply with them the state will intervene
and impose penalties for non-compliance
EU law
Eu is based on 4 freedoms: free movement of goods, services, money and capital across the borders of member states
• different jurisdictions can cause barriers
Member state l EU parliament (and council)
Supranational jurisdiction →
Making law for that applies within entire EU in specific areas
Member state 2
Court of justice (CJEU)
Member state X
Ensuing a uniform interpretation and application of EU law
Primary law
Constitutional ‘Charters’
• Treaty on European Union (TEU)
• Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)
• The charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
Secondary law
Legislation: acts passed by the EU parliament & council containing legal rules
• Directives → laws that must be transposed into national law to have legal application in an Member State
• Regulations/Acts → laws that are directly applicable
CJEU determinations (case law) → the CJEU gives clarification how the law must be interpret & applied
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